The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Inte . lligence► THE NAVY. VALETTA,A.priI B.—The work of (sleeting out Coda and the other islands of ordnanc e stores continues to be carried on wit h the g realcest activity, bat Peg precise date has yet been mentaoned when the com plete evacuation of the seven islands will take p'.ace. The IPelican, 17, Commander Comber; Icarus, 11, Acting-Commander Boger ; Liffe y , 35 ; Cat z tt. G. Parker, and Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Artnytage, have all arrived here within the last few days, heavily laden with powder and munitions of war, and barrack stores of every description, and after discharging will most likely return for fresh cargoes of a similar kind. They experienced very bad weather on their passage down. The Liffey will have to undergo repairs, having injured her rudder. The Icarus, when off Sicily, was obliged for a time to stop steaming and proceed under sail alone, owing to the heavy sea and her being so deeply laden. The Fox, 2, screw storeship, Staff-Com mander T. C. Pullen, left on Wednesday for Corfu to embark stores, and the Foxhound, 4, Commander W. Anderson, is daily expected here from that island, with a large quantity of powder, shot, and shell. The martello tower was blown up at Vido on the 30th ult. It is said to have been one of the most effective explosions which have occurred. The whole tower rose in a mass several feet, then the lower part flew out in every direction, and the remainder fell in innumerable fragments, much of the clay foundations being carried away by the force of the exploding mines into the sea. 6,4001 b. of powder were used in this explosion. The Keep, Fort George, and a large covered way, and other works at Vido have still tp be destroyed. Nothing of Fort Abraham remains, but the exterior of Fort Neuf anti other works on the 'island of Corfu are untouched, and it is believed will be allowed to remain ; most of these (except Fort) being of ancient construction, and useless for purposes; of defence against modern artillery. In one of the explosions on the 29th the second serious accident occurred, a stone having fallen on a cor poral's leg above the ankle, and damaged it so much that it had to be amputated the same night. The Orlando, 46, the commanding officer of which, Capt. G. G. Randolph, is superintending the embarcation of store 5, is before leaving Corfu to try her guns against the Maitland Tower, and the Royal Artil lery have received orders to make a similar experi ment. Tb e Royal Engineers expect to quit the place by the middle of April, by which time they hope to have completed the demolition of all the works that are to he destroyed. It is said to be the intention of the King to proceed in Admiral Yelverton's flag ship (the Revenge, 73) to take formal possession, and this will probably occur about the last week in April. The Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C. Prevost, left Malta on the 6th inst. for the Piteous, to relieve the iron clad ship Resistance, 16, Capt. W. C. Chamber lain, ordered to this island. Letters from Corfu mention that the weather has been very bad there lately. On the 28th it blew a violent equinoctial gale, which obliged some of the men of war to get up steam and strike lower yards and topmasts. It did not clear up till the 31st, when the vessels ready to leave for Malta were enabled to take their depar ture. During the gale the Growler, steam tender, met with an accident by running into the Magi cienne, carrying away her foreyard and mizen mast, and causing some damage to the latter vessel. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Firefly, Lieut.- Commander G. R. Wilkinson, left Malta on the sth inst. for Marsala. Her orders are to com plete the survey of the channel between that part of Sicily and the opposite coast of Tanis, all of which region, being under volcanic influences, it is very important should be carefully surveyed. The Sultan's steam yacht Talia, Capt. D. N. Comyn (an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve), arrived here from Woolwich and Gibraltar on the 3d inst., and left on the following day for Constantinople. She made a rapid passage out of only eight days and a half, including a stay of 24 hours at Gibral tar, from which latter place she made the run in three days and four hours. The Austrian frigate Canto Dandolo, Capt. Baron Sternech, continued her voyage on Sunday last for Pola. Her Majesty's despatch vessel Caradoc, Lieut.-Commander E.Wil ltinson, will leave port in a few days for Constan tinople; and the Weser, 6, Commander Johnstone, has been ordered to Malta. Dr. Trower, Bishop of Gibraltar,will proceed to Constantinople in the Ca. radoc, for the purpose of holding a confirmation. On Monday a naval court martial, composed of ,Capt. J. Fulford, of the Formidable, 84, president ; Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 13., Cumberland, 70 ; Capt. S,:sr F. L. M'Clin took, Aurc.ra, 35 ; Capt. the Hart. G. 1). Keane, Cumberlated, 70 ; and Capt. J. Corbett, Scout, 21, assemblad on board the Formidable, flag ship of Vice-Ademiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., Com mander in Clalef at Chatham and the Nore, for the trial of Me. E. E. Nicholson, assist.-paymaster of her Majesty's screw steamer Bombay, 67, 400 horse Power., Capt. C. A. Campbell, on the charge of hav ing on March 30 last been drunk on board the said ship and incapable of discharging his duty. Capt. V. A. Campbell prosecuted, and Mr. Knight, of the :firm of Essell, Knight, and Arnold, Crown solici tors, Rochester, officiated asDeputy Judge Advocate and. conducted the case, At the close of the exa xnination of the witnesses for the prosecution the enisoner handed in a written defence ; he also pro duced to the Court six certificates from officers under whom he has served, but he called no witnesses. The Court, after deliberating for a short time, found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to forfeit three, years of his seniority and to be severely repri manded. The Irresistible, 68, 400 horse power, Captain J. B. Dickson, late of the Dauntless, 31, fitting for the Coastguard service, is at moorings in the Medway, where she is receiving the remainder of her stores on boerd, in readiness to proceed to sea. She is ints3nded to be stationed in Southampton Water. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Barnard, recently returned from the North American station, -which left Portsmouth on Saturday, arrived in Ply mouth Sound on Sunday morning. On Monday she discharged her powder and shell, and was to be placed alongside the jetty at the Devonport Dock yard, to be dismantled, preparatory to paying off her crew. She will then be p'aced in the third division of the steam reserve at Devonport, but it is not improbable that she may be stationed in some port on the Coastguard service, in substitution of a lesser ship. Her Majesty's iron ship Buffalo, hating returned to Deptford Dockyard after a three months' trip, was yesterday inspected by divers for the exami nation of Leetch's preservative glass sheathing applied to a portion of her bottom. The result was highly satisfactory, and appeared fully to realise the anticipation of the inventor, as the surface of the sheathing was then as free from any incum brance as when first laid on. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. Martin to the Archer, viceßythesea, V.C., invalided; Hildebrand W. H. „„ °t "enst nominated to a naval cadetship ; and John N. Mercer, midshipman to the Hecate. THE ARMY. The colonelcy of the 68th Regiment has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General Robert Christopher INl ansel, ICH., who died on Friday last, a fter a long illness, at Sandgate, Kent, in his 76th year. The deceased served with the 10th Regiment in the Mediterranean, and su b sequen tly w ith th e 53 d i n the Peninsula. He was present at the Toulouse, where h e was eeverely wounded. b a ttle of On attaining the rankof Lieut.-C o l one l i n 1826 h e r we nt on half-pay. !he deceased General was ap pointed Colonel of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot in. June, 1857. In 1832 he was made a Knight of the Royal HAnovertan Ga,2lphic Order, and had received the war medal and one clasp for Toulouse. His commissions bore date as follow : Ensign Jan. 29, 1807 ; Li e utenant Jan. 27, 1808 ; Captain J e b. 4, 1813 ; Brevet -Major July 5, 1821 ; Major June 9, 1825 ; Lieut.-Col. June 10, 1826 ; Colonel Nov. 23, 1841 ; Major-Gen. Nov. 11, 1851 ; and Lieut.-Gen, Oct. 26, 1858. The funeral of the late Col. Charles Bingham, who died at Brighton on Wednesday last, took plac e yesterday. He was i n t erre d i n the old parish cl . lurch yard efPlurnstead villag e , near Woolveich,wr , n the full military honours d ue t o hi s ra nk as Adj .tart of the Royal Artillery. Cardinal Wiseman on London Architecture. Yesterday evening an elaborate lecture was de- livered by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman to a very numerous audience in the Architectural Museum, South Kensington Museum, on the following sub ject, "Judging from the past and the present, what are the prospects for good architecture in London ?" After referring to an architectural tour in which he and other students took part under the leadership of a learned archeologist very many years ago in the Campagna of Italy in quest of monuments of the past, the cardinal proceeded to say that a national style of architecture should be born, bred, matured, and consolidated by the people of the land. Was there, then, anything in the public architecture of England at the present time to show future ages what type the present generation preferred ? Would it not be said that they were divided between the medieval, the renais sance, and the classical ? (Laughter.) He could not, indeed, shut his eyes to the results of private enterprise directed by private taste. It was where they would least expect to see it—in the chief business parts of London—that they had lately seen substituted for a class of buildings, deserving only the name of" warehouse," structures, elegant, beautiful, and solid, which had transformed public streets into places of study and con gratulation. (Cheers.) As to the mansions of the aris tocracy generally, they consisted, as Canova re marked, of long lines of brick walls with open slits. (Laughter.) The wealth created by commerce, how ever, had flowed back upon art, and manifested itself in splendid architecture. A foreigner standing at a point commanding a view of the Bank, the Man. sion-house, the Exchange, Goldsmiths' Hall, and the Electric Telegraph-office, would grasp with his eyes the keys of England's greatness. The lecturer, after remarking on the harmony which existed in Belgium and other countries between past architec ture and tho peculiarities of the people, and observ- ng that-all private dwellings were essentially ephe. meral, contended that trade itself—a name often uttered with contempt—might and ought in this country to be made subservient to the development of grand and durable architecture. Although Lon don possessed architects equal to any work, there was no general rule or design in building. Here was the Tudor, there the classical—here the renais sance, there perhaps the Turkish. (Laughter.) In religious architecture the public taste seemed now to be gravitating towards what was great and good ; although in numerous cases solidity was found withoat a sufficient admixture of grace, an inclina tion to sacrifice beauty to mass. Sometimes vast lines appeared to be grimly disposed, and symmetry a little too conspicuously despised. (Laughter.) By degrees, he thought, genius would purge archi tecture of its glaring defects, and a style be struck out which would be thoroughly rhyth mical. A kind of bricks often entered into our modern public buildings which marred the general effect. The brisk of Nero's age was much more durable and attractive. Terra cotta, of which he had recently seen some beautiful specimens in buildings, promised to aid the work of improvement. It might be objected that he had been speaking as if London would be destroyed. He certainly did not anticipate that as a result of fire, now that every parish had its engine; and diplomacy had now clearly taken the place of ploughing up cities and. sowing the ground with salt. (Laughter.) As to the future, he did not believe any city could go on advancing in prosperity for ever, and architectural as well as other changes must come in the course of time. The feeling which ought to be cultivated in reference to publi3 architecture was one of reve rence—a respect for everything that was great or good, everything that was beautiful in itself or its associations, everything that was national or his torical—a feeling that there was in all this a value not to be balanced by passing advantages or pecu niary gains. (Cheers.) His eminence then alluded at considerable length to the disturbance of public and other buildings, and even public burial grounds, inflicted or threatened by railway and other enter prises, strongly condemning the last-mentioned, and contrasting it with the reverence for the dead mani fested by the heathen people of Rome. After de. scribing very fully the Capitol and acqueducts of Rome, the latter still supplying, he said, 321 gallons of water for each inhabitant, he concluded by saying that he should be very glad if what he had said should contribute in any way to the im provement of the architecture of London, and by expressing a hope that art and science would unite for that purpose, and endeavouring to excite in our people reverence for the sacred and taste for the beautiful. (Great cheering.) On the motion of Mr. Beresford Hope, thanks were voted by acclamation to the Cardinal for his lecture. The lecture, which occupied upwards of two hours, was listened to throughout with well-sustained in terest. At the request of the assembly, his Eminence consented to publish his lecture. Mail Packets Western Port of Call. A large and influential depution attended yester day on the Postmaster-General with reference to the question which is again being agitated as to expe. diting the delivery of letters by the ocean mail packets. Among the deputation were John Hardy, Esq., M.P., W. S. Lindsay, Esq., M.P., John Pen der, Etq., ALP., Alfred Seymour, Esq., M.P., Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., C. Seale Rayne, E=q•, chairman of the Dartmouth Railway ; G. E. Bidder, Esq., chairman of the Dartmouth Harbour Board ; Captain Sherringhana, R.N. ; Captain Arkwright, R.N., Captain Bulley, &c. Mr. HARDY introduced the subject by referring to the two Government reports of 1840, whereby, after referring in detail to the inquiries the commis sioners had made as to the best port in the west of England for the arrival and departure of the mail packets, they unanimously reported on both occa sions in favour of Dartmouth. Attention was drawn to the important fact that the railway would be completed in July down to the harbour at deep water, with very commodious whar fage and piers, so that the steamers might go along side at any time of the tide, day or night, and the other facilities were fully entered into in detail. Mr. Lindsay mentioned the practical experience he had had during the time his line of vessels had carried the mails between England and Calcutta, and ex plained the advantages which he considered Dart mouth possessed over all other western ports. Captain Sherringham, who was for many years in the Government survey department, and had surveyed all the western harbours, gave a very clear statement of facts in support of the advantage of Dartmouth over all other western ports. A detailed statement was handed in showing the great saving in time to the merchants of London, and especially to those at Liverpool and Manchester, and all northern towns, by a western port being fixed. It was urged on the Postmaster- General that the Government ought to assist in this important point by inquiring into these facts, and when satisfied as to which port gave the greatest facilities, requiring the packets to call at that port. His lordship promised to give every attention to the statement of the deputation, and that the matter should be fully considered before the next tenders for the mail service were called for. Persons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as burrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but at the same time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every in formation given on application; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where mem rs are en rolled daily between 10 and 4 ; Saturdays, 10 and`, [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway's Pills and Ointment. — A frequent case of gout and rheumatism is the inflamma tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of these pills, taken in time, are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism ; but anyone who has an attack of either should use Hollo way's Ointment also, the :powerful properties of which, combined with the effect of the Pills, must infallibly effect a cure. Tnese Pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. They also regulate the secretions and give tone to the stomach, and thus the whole system is in vigorated, and put into a condition which enables it to throw off disease or check its approach. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1864. A New Gun, Mr. James Mackay, timber merchant ) of Liver pool, has recently invented a new principle of gunnery, which promises to be a dangerous rival to all systems extant. The principle in all rifled cannon appears to have been to allow as little windage as possible, and to make the shot At the grooves of the piece, taking from them a totation in its flight. Mr. Mackay, on the other hand, has conceived the plan of having the grooves so arranged that, while the shot fits closely to their outer edge, the grooves are left open for windage. By this arrangement the gas has to travel some feet further than the shot, and in doing this imparts a rapid and perfect " spin" to it. The shot are of cylindrical form, perfectly smooth, with conical heads, and cupped at the other end in proportion, so that each shot is perfectly balanced from the centre of its length. Mr. Mackay in his patent also claims a peculiarity in the wadding, which is of sawdust, by which at the movement of the first ignition of the powder the elasticity of the wadding moves forward the shot slightly ; the effect is that the whole of the powder is burnt, and the shock on the breech of the gun considerably lessened. Mr. Mackay has had a gun made upon this principle by the Mersey Steel and Iron Works Com pany. It is of wrought iron, weighs nine tons, has a bore of 8.12 inches, and in other respects corre sponds with the general features of the ordinary 68 pounders. There arc 12 grooves, and as the shot do not enter these grooves, it allows of a much sharper twist than in ordinary rifled guns. The velocity has been found to be 1,640 ft. a second; the utmost range has not yet been tested. Messrs. Laird and Co., of Birkenhead, are now building an armour plated vessel called the Agincourt, for the Govern ment, and it was agreed to test the gun against a section of the side of that vessel. It was intended to make the trial last Saturday, but unfavourable weather prevented it. Yeeterday morning, how ever, was fine and clear, and the gun was fired against the target, resulting in a complete triumph of the gun. The target consisted of an outer plate, 7ft. square and 51in. thick of rolled iron ; next came 9in. of teak, then an inner plate or skin tin. thick, then angle iron and ribbing, and finally a backing up with timber balks and supports 18in. thick. The plates were stated on competent authority to be the best that can be made of rolled iron. Messrs. Laird supplied the whole, and expressed confidence in the strength of the target. The gu❑ was fired in the presence of Mr. James Mackay, Mr. D. Mackay, Mr. Bouek, and other gentlemen, shortly after 8 a.m. The gun was charged with 301 b. of powder and a cast steel shot, weighing 1671 b., made by Messrs. Thomas Firth and Son, of Sheffield. The range was 200 yards. The shot struck the target with a dull thud a little below the bull's eye on the right, and in the very strongest part, where it was backed up by the rib of the ship's side, the angle iron, and the timber balk. At the point of impact a perfectly circular hole was cut. The shot then powdered the teak, passed through the inner skin and the angle iron, shattered the timber balk into fragments, and was picked up 82 yards beyond the target, together with a circu lar piece of the iron armour, about 801 b. weight, it had carried with it through the back supports. The sand showed that it had spun to the last About 70 fragments of iron, bolts, and fragments of the inner skin and angle-iron were picked up 100 yards from the target. The shot when found was reduced from 13 inches to 11 inches in length, and increased about an inch and a half in diameter at the end which struck the target. The other end was uninjured. The whole target was forced back about six inches, and so much deranged that more shots were not fired. Sir John Jones, Captain Fisher, R.N., Captain White, R.N., Mr. Nicholson (civil engineer), Captain Inman and many other gentlemen, inspected the gun and targets during the morning; and all expressed the greatest aston ishment at the performances of the gun. The shot fired and the portions of the target torn away will be exhibited at the Liverpool Exchange to day, and the target will remain on view for some time. No further experiments are intended at present. RAILWAY INTEL LIGENCE. . GREAT NORTHERN. An extraordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the station, King's. cross, Mr, E. Benison in the chair. Mr. Oakley, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN explained that the object of the meeting was to authorise the directors to raise £1,046,300. He said the auditors had examined the money powers in the various Acts, and had found that the total sum would not exceed the amount he had mentioned. For some considerable time past they had gone on raising additional capital by the issue of preference shares, bat the directors thought the additional capital should now be raised as a part of the ordinary capi tal stock. The original capital stock of the company now amounted to £1795,737, which added to the various pre ference stocks made a total share capital of £9,244,818. It appeared to them that it was undesirable to add any more at present to the preference capital, and that by raising the additional capital as part of the original stock the public would consider the property more stable and valuable. Mr, V. KNIGHT wished to know whether the proposed new capital included the £300,000 proposed to be lent to the Chatham Company for making the coal line across Ludgate hill. The CHAIRMAN said the proposed capital was for other lines, and did not imilude any portion of the £300,000 pro posed to be lent to the Chatham and Dover Company. It was entirely for the shareholders to decide on what terms the new capital should be issued. He concluded by moving the following resolution : That such an amount of ordinary stock be created as will produce £1,046,300, that being the amount of capital autho rised to be raised by the following acts, viz., the West Che shire, the Edgware, Highgate, and London, and the Hat field and St. Albans Railway Acts, 1862, and by the Great Northern (Cheshire lines and Spalding to March) Acts, 1863. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously, After some conversation the following resolution was also carried unanimously : That the said stock be allotted rateably to the proprietors of all descriptions of consolidated and preference shares and stocks of the company, and of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Company, at the rate of X 125 for each £lOO of stock; not less than £lO to be allotted to any one proprietor ; and and that the amount to be paid for the same be divided into five equal instalments, payable at intervals of not less than three months each, the first payment to be made on the 2d of May next, and any stock not taken up may be disposed of at the discretion of the directors for the benefit of the company. The CHAIRMAN said the third resolution was to the effect that interest would be allowed on calls paid in advance at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, which was agreed to. The fourth resolution, which was carried unanimously, entitled the holders of the new stock to receive the same rate of dividend on the several instalments as might from time to time be declared upon the consolidated original stock of the company, and when fully paid up the new stock would be incorporated with and form part of the consoli dated original stock of the company. The proceedings then terminated. AWFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday night an ex plosion occurred in the schoolroom below the chapel used by the Free Methodists, Park-row, Nottingham. On the above evening a prayer meeting was being conducted by Mather, recently a prize fighter, known by the name of the Runcorn Novice, 500 or 600 people being present. The proceedings were most excited, at times rising into frenzied fanaticism. Mr. Mather entranced his audience to an ex traordinary degree, and exhibited a beautiful Bible, which had that day been presented to him, remarking that that was his boxingglove now he had thrown aside the unsightly appliances of the ring. His congregation were in raptures, and the feelings of all were in the highest state of frenzy, when suddenly a tremendous explosion was heard which shook the entire building and could be felt some distance away. Instantly all was confusion; the women screamed and cried, the men raved and shouted in the most terrible manner, and the mass of people, panio•stricken, made a simultaneous rush for the doors and windows. Hats were lost, coats were torn, and skirts were ripped into shreds and tatters. In vain one or two of the calmer spirits endea voured, with voices pitched in the highest tone, to still the tumult which prevailed. All reason was useless. Women were pitched through the windows, frames were broken in all directions, and as a proof of the eagerness of the crowd to escape from the place, some iron railings outside, an inch and a half square, were broken. Eventually the school room was cleared, the gas meter having in the meantime been turned off. An examination of the building was then made, and it was discovered that a portion of the roof of the schoolroom had been completely blown down. Shortly before the explosion a smell of gas was perceived, and the chapel keeper took a lighted candle into the chapel, and placed it to a nick in the floor, with the intention of finding out where the gas escaped, when in a moment the explosion occurred. He was knocked down insensible, and many other persons were severely scratched and bruised in at tempting to escape. Dr. Marsh, on hearing of the explo sion, went to the spot and rendered all possible assistance to the sufferers. The fire brigade and engines were in im mediate attendance, but their services were not much required. GENERAL GARIBALDL The pUblic enthusiasm about General Gatibaldi has in no degree abated. At all the places he was expected to visit yesterday crowds had assembled, and wherever he appeared he was greeted with tumultuous cheers. The fatigue and excitement of Monday do not teem to have affected him in jutionslY, and during the clay his time was fully occupied in receiving and paying visits. Throughout the whole morning the courtyard at the back of Stafford House was thronged with visitors waiting anxiously, either in the hope of catching a glimpse of the General at some of the windows, or at least of seeing him in the event of his leaving the mansion to pay visits. The great patience of the crowd did not go unrewarded, for at midday, when the yard was densely packed, it became generally known that Garibaldi would leave the house at half-past 12 on a visit to the villa of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland at Chiswick. Precisely , at that time one of the Duke's carriages drove into the yard, and in a few moments the General stepped into the carriage, followed by the Duke of Sutherland and another gentleman. The cheer ing when Garibaldi appeared was immense, and was con tinued till the party had driven from the yard. Before going to Chiswick he paid a visit to Lord Palmerston, and remained with him about a quarter of an hour. At Chiswick the weather was delightful, and the beauti ful pleasure-grounds were seen to the greatest advantage. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family, Lord Granville, Lady Caroline Lascelles and family, the Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk, Lord and Lady Blantyre and daugh ters had assembled at an early hour. Shortly before 2 o'clock the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and other personages in vited to luncheon began to congregate. At 20 minutes after 2 o'clock Garibaldi arrived in an open barouche, ac companied by the Duke of Sutherland and General Eber. On alighting at the villa the band of the 2d Life Guards played the Garibaldi Hymn. The Duke of Sutherland, after assisting the General to alight, introduced him 'to the Duke of Argyll, and he was then conducted to the vestibule where the Dowager Duchess and the Duchess of Suther land, the Duchess of Argyll, Lady Blantyre, and Lady Constance Grosvenor had met to welcome him. In the centre saloon all the company had congregated, and gave the General a hearty greeting. At a quarter to 3 o'clock the Duchess Dowager and her guests descended to the summer dining room to luncheon. The General sat at the head of a table in the principal room, supported on the right by the Duchess Dowager, and on the left by the Duchess of Argyll. At the same table, covers being laid for twenty, were the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Granvile, Viscountess Palmerston, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, and Lady Constance Grosvenor. There were also present—Lord and Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart, the youthful Marquis of Lorn and Lord George Campbell and sisters, the Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk and the Hon. Masters Foley, the Hein Frederick Leveson Gower, M.P., and Hon. Miss Pitt, the Earl of Sefton, Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, Lord and Lady Taunton and Hon. Misses Labouchere (3), Lady Caroline Lascelles and Misses Lascelles, and Mr. Las celles, Mr. Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. Loch, Mr. Hewett, Mr. Watts, Colonel Marshal, Sir E. Landseer, Sir David Dun dee, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, Hon. Henry Howard, Lord Albert and Lord Ronald Leveson Gower, Mr. Paniazi, Lord Frederick and Lord Richard Cavendish, Dr. Quin, Mr. and Mrs. Cowper, Dr. Watson, Baron Marochetti, Viscount Jocelyn, &c. Shortly after the luncheon was over, the General, his hostess, and her guests walked through the pleasure grounds, At the solicitation of the Dowager Duchess General Garibaldi planted a cedar (cedrus deodara) on the lawn, in front of the house, to commemorate his visit. At a quarter altar 5 o'clock General Garibaldi took leave of the Dowager Duchess, cordially thanking her for the hospi tality he had received. After taking leave of the Duchess of Argyll and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the General took his seat beside the Duchess of Sutherland in an open barouche, the Duke of Sutherland and General Eber occu pying the other seats. Tho military band played the Gari baldi Hymn at the carriage left the gates. The crowd waited about the y ird of Stafford House till the return of Garibaldi in the afternoon, when again he was cheered heartily. During the day many visitors called at Stafford House, among whom were the Duke of Wellington, Lord Farnham, Sir J. D. Hay, Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Earl St. Maur, the Earl of Harrowby, Ear Somers, Sir H. Bruce, the Lord Mayor, &c. On his return from Chiswick General Garibaldi, accompanied by his sons, visited Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., at his house in Thurloe-square. By some channel the fact of his visit to this part of the town became known, and there was a large con course of persons outside the house who warmly greeted him. In the latter part of the evening the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland invited a select party to meet the General at dinner, the guests including the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Earl Granville, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Mr. Frederick Leve • son, Gower, &c. This evening a grand banquet will be given at Stafford House, to which the most distinguished members of both houses, irrespective of party, will be invited to meet the General. Later in the evening the Duchess gives a reeep den, which is likely to be, both in the number and rank of of its guests, one of the most brilliant of the season. A general meeting of the City Reception Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern to arrange the visit of General Garibaldi to the Crystal Palace on Sa turday and Monday next, and to receive a deputation from the Italian committee. Mr. Edmond Beaks occupied the chair; Messrs. Negretti, Serena, Rossi, See., attended as the deputation. The chairman, in opening the business, congratulated the meeting on the glorious event of the pre ceding day. Mr. Negretti then detailed the arrangements which had been entered into between the Italian Committee and the directors of the Crystal Palace for the Garibaldian fetes on Saturday and Monday next. Saturday would be the Italians' fete, on which occasion the Italian address would be presented to the General, accompanied by the pre sentation of swords to him and his eldest son, Menottl, fol lowed by a concert by the artists of the Italian Opera. Monday would be a day especially devoted to the working classes, at Garibaldi's own request, at which addresses from corporate and other bodies would be received. Al though the Italian Committee had taken the initiative in engaging the Crystal Palace, they desired the co-operation of the City and Working Men's Committees, and would be happy to receive any suggestions from those committees to m ne a c k e e ssa t ry he exfepteensseas: %" effective as possible. The Cr y stal Palace authorities had met the committ ee in the most discussion liberal spirir, and the whole proceeds of the fete, less the s l e d u b s e sio p n aid to o o v k er p t lt e tee t , he it te b s e t i i n m g on t i h a e general opinion that the Italian Committee, es p ecially asl fund. Considerable regarding the Monday's proceedings, had taken upon them selves more than they were warranted in doing, without having first consulted the other committees. Mr Negretti having made some explanations satisfactory to the commit tee, the following resolution was proposed by Mr Chinery and seconded by Dr Massie : " That six members from each comm ittee —the Italian, the City, and the Working Men's—be now appointed for the purpose of carrying out the arrang em ents of the Geri baldian fetes at the Crystal Palace on S aturday and Mon day next, and that all fu be This signed resolution b s o y l the a tio n w secretariesas strongly dby Mr Negretti, and supported by Captain Rogers, Mr Richardson, Mr oso committeefe,, Leverson, and Mr Shlesinger. Mr Negretti ultimately withdrew his opposition, and the resolution was agreed to, It was also arranged that notices of all addresses to be presented at the Palace mast be sent in to the committee not later than the evening of Friday next. It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr Richardson, seconded by Mr Italian "Th at the Committee arrangementsbe Nicholay— uP to this date by the No more than six persons must com p ose the deputation presenting any address, and full no tice of the intended pre sentation must be given to the Re ce p tion Committee at the confirm in ee Crystal Palace before Friday next. This com mitt e e recom mends that each deputation should be distinguished by a banner, bearing the name of the body it represents. On Monday Garibaldi will be seated on a dais erected in front of the great orch es t r a ; and the pe rsons composing the vari ous deputations will approach h is p osition by a wide flight of steps, and retire by a similar flight on the other side of the dais. On Saturday the price of admission to the Palace requesting will be ss; but half-crown tickete, taken before Friday, will secure an entrance. Oriental Company a letter was read from Mr. Seely, M.P., At the last meeting of the directors of the Peninsular and penses in bringing General Garibaldi and his companions from Caprera to Malta and from Malta to Southampton, that the account for the passage money and might be be forwarded to him. In reply to this it was unani made either for the General or any of the gentlemen who mously resolved by the board that no charge should be accompanied him, and Mr• Seely was requested to commu nicate the resolution to the General, together with the assurance of the directors that they felt deeply gratified et having been able to facilitate the long desired visit of the Italian patriot to this country. Such a resolution is the cha o t best answer that can be given to the et ete rged menta ne which housand have been circulated that the comp y the General sendi and his companions at out Caprera er . guineas for ng the Valetta of h way to call for EADVERTISEMENT.I—ConsumptiOn, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all I ipes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with f,arful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, persPirations, hollow cheeks emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl,—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 45,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frinfiey Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. The Rev. James I'. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 48 6d; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Ca., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town 01 the United Kingdom. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) in the week that ended last Saturday the deaths in Lon don were 1,501. In the 14th - week of ten years 1854-63 the average number was 1,257, which corrected for increase of population becomes 1,383 The present return therefore shows ah excess of 118' deaths. There were 197 deaths from brouchitie, and 104 from pneumonia; the corrected averages being respectively 152 and 102. The oldest person registered in the week was a widow, 96 years of age. The wife of a file-cutter, aged 42, died on the 2d inst., at 12, Plumtree-court, llolborn, from " effusion on the brain, accelerated by want of nourishment;" and a razor-strop maker, aged 50, died on the 4th inst., at 13, Devonshire-street, Mile• end, from " bronchitis, accele rated by want of necessaries." A gardener died at Plum stead of " tertian ague; engorgement of the lungs (two weeks) ; apncea." A child of "erythema neclosum ; pneu monia." Last week the births of 1,018 boys and 995 girls, in all 2,013 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average number (corrected) was 1,966. In the first 13 weeks of the year the deaths in London were very numerous; they were 22,733. In the same quarter of each of the four previous years 1863-63 they may be stated, as an approximation, to have been 19,000. Hence it appears that nearly 4,000 lives were shortened, which would have been prolonged, some perhaps for months, others probably for years, if circumstances had not been more adverse than those which attend an ordinary winter. The weekly deaths rose to their highest point in the second week, when they were 2,427 ; they fell to their lowest point in the 12th week, when they were 1,397. Twice they rose above 2,000; ten times above 1,600. In the first week the mean temperature of the air was as low as 261 deg. The mean temperature of the quarter was 38.2 deg. That inclement weather was the source from which sprung so great a mortality is proved by the Table of Diseases, Cold weather gives increased returns under many heads, but bronchitis is, more than any other disease, the mea sure of its intensity. The deaths from bronchitis scarcely exceeded 2,200 in the warm winters of 1862-63 ; they rose to 4,023 in the winter now past. Those from pneumonia rose from about 1,000 to 1,425. Phthisis increased from about 2,000 to 2,486; heart disease from nearly 800 to 1,027 ; whooping-cough from about 800 to 913, 17 deaths were ascribed to privation in the quarter. The average is 12. The districts on the south side of the river returned more than their due proportion of deaths from zymotic diseases. Of 413 deaths from measles, 147 occurred in the south dia.. tricts ; of 749 from scarletina 245, and of 172 from diarrhcea 70 occurred in the same districts, Though diarrhcea does not prevail In winter, there were not few cases of it in Lambeth and Battersea. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN 'MEETING. The non-appearance of any of the Derby "..cracks" for their engagements in the Biennial this afternoon robbed the card of much of its interest, and caused speculation to be languid in the extreme. The Scottish Chief, Cambuscan, Forager, Blair Athol, Ely, &c., were all absentees, and nothing of any great note remained in. On some of the favourites this non-fulfilment of their engagements had a prejudicial Eff.;ct, driving them back in the betting. People are generally suspicicus of the " bottling-up" system, and apt to think something is amiss when a horse declines a good stake. Only six events were on the card, commencing with the Sale Stakes, which the favourite, Master Richard, carried off in the commonest of canters. The 50 soya _ . . Sweepstakes saw a great favourite discomfited in Crisis, on whom the talent laid 3 to 5 ; but Young Rapid proved too much for her, winning, after a very game race, by a length and a half. The 100 sovs Sweepstakes again saw Goater's stable running first and second, Rouge Crosse repeating her yesterday's victory, with Rigolboche well up. Battaglia, one of the best looking among the 2-yr-olds at Lord Stam ford's sale last year, ran very unkindly. 12 runners came to the post for the Biennial, erivateer, Acolyte, and Echo being trusted with most money; but they were squandered by Masquerade, a stable companion of the first favourite for the Derby, not mentioned in the betting. The issue of the race brought Scottish Chief to 6 to 1 for the Epsom event. The Newmarket Handicap was won by the favourite, Guerilla. The weather has been magnificent. The Eighth Sale Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b, and those bought for less than TA) guineas allowed 31b ; for less than 100 guineas, 6113. A.F. 12 subs. Mr John Day's Master Richard (91b), Bst 11b.... (Judd) 1 Mr Naylor's Quarantine (6,6), Bst (Challoner) 2 Duke of St. Albans' Coeur de Lion (31b), Bst 71b (F. Adams) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Master Richard, sto 1 agst Coeur de Lion, and 7 to 1 agst Quarantine. The favourite, lying is the centre of the three, jumped away with a strong lead, which he increased as; he reached the " Bushes-hill," where he had both his horses beaten, and cantered home the winner by 30 lengths, emir de Lion was pulled up some distance from home. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sous each ; for colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b. D. M. 6 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) I Mr Merry's Crisis, Sst 71b Baron Rothschild's Evelina, Bst 71b Mr T. Stevens's Faith, Bst 71b (Fordham) 4 Betting-6 to son Crisis, 7to 2 agst Evelina, and 4 toil apt Young Rapid. Crisis cut out the work, having Young Rapid on his right, with Evelina and Faith on the lower ground. They ran thus inta the cords, when Young Rapid drew away and won very cleverly by a length and a half, a like dis tance separating the second and third. Faith was a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3.yr-olds ; fillies, Bst 91b. D.M. 6 subs. Mr Henry's Rouge Crosse Mr Savile's Rigelboche (Fordham) 2 Mr W, Robertson's Battaglia The betting opened at even on and closed at 7 to 4 agst Rouge Crosse, 2 to 1 agst Battaglia, and 5 to 2 agst Rigol boclte, The three ran abreast for a short distance, when Rigol. boche, in the centre, drew slightly in advance, and came on with the running to half way in the cords, where Goater brought up Rouge Crosse, and won a good race by half a length; Battaglia finished a bad third, First Year of the Sixth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 says each, with 100 added, for yearlings of 1862; colts, Bst 10lb ; fillies, Bst 61b. The owner of the second horse to receive a sum fqual to 10 per cent, on the whole stake, and the owner of the third horse a sum equal to 5 p er cent, R.M. 60 subs. Mr Merry's Masquerade, Ss i 61b (II. Covey) 1 Lird Westmoreland's Signalman, Bst 101 b (S. Adams) 2 Mr btarkv's Izaak Walton, Bst 10Ib.. ... (A. Edwards) 3 : Mr Night's The Count, Bst 101 b The following also ran : —Echo, Wooden. ft, Verger, Washington, Calista cat, Privateer, Acolyte, ana Skef fington. Betting-2 to 1 agst Acolyte, 4to 1 each agst Privateer and Echo, 10 to 1 agst Verger, 100 to 8 each agst the Calista colt, Izaak Walton, and Signalman, 100 to 6 agst the Count, and 25 to 1 agst Washington, After two or three failures they got away nearly in a line, Privateer with a slight lead; but after running 100 yards he was pulled back, and the running was taken up by Signalman, closely attended by Masquerade, Skeffing ton, Izaak Walton, and the Count, Echo and Washington on the extreme right lying next, with Acolyte next, Ver ger and Woodcraft acting as whippers in. They ran thus with little or no alteration into the Abingdon Mile bottom, where Masquerade drew slightly in advance of Lord West moreland's colt, and came on in advance to the cords, Sig nalman wide on his left, being second, followed in the centre of the course by Izaak Walton, The Count, Acolyte, Skeffington, and the Calista colt. Half-way up Adams came with a rush, but failed to reach Mr Merry's filly, who won very easily at last by two lengths; a length and a half between the second and third ; a neck separating the third and the fourth; Acolyte Ras fifth, close up, Skef fington sixth, the Calista colt seventh, and Echo next. The last lot comprised Verger, Privateer, Washington, and Woodcraft. Plato of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 a ; and fillies, Bsl 71b ; winners extra. First half of Ab. M. Mr Savile's La Mechante „..(J. Mann) 1 Mr C. Alexander's Cordelia (Challoner) 2 Baron Rothschild's Sister to Breeze (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Pam be Civil, Conjuror, Ve dette colt, Wicket, Prairie Hen colt, and Whisky. Betting-5 to 2 agst La Mechante, 7to 2 agst Sister to Breeze, and 6 to 1 each agst Wicket and the Vedette colt. Sister to Breeze, with Cordelia and La Mechante in close attendance, made the running for the first 200 yards, when the favourite drew slightly in advance, was never after headed, and won .in a very easy manner by a couple of lengths, Sister to Breeze finished an indifferent third. The ethers pulled up past the post at wide in tervals. The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya each, 15ft, and 5 if declared, with 100 soya added, and 50 from the Town Fund, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. From the starting-post of the R.M. to the end of B.C. (lm. 6f. 67yds.) 54 subs., 19 of whore declared. Mr Savile's Guerilla, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Wilton's Wandering Minstrel, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Herbert) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Outlaw, 3 yrs, Gst (S. Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Echo, Asteroid, Magnum Bonum, Fantail, Oscar, Odine, Ac' eon, Farce, and Bay Celia filly. Betting-7 to 2 agat Guerilla, sto 1 agst Asteroid, 7to 1 each agst Outlaw and Acton 8 to 1 agst Bay Celia filly, 10 to 1 agst Wine, and 20 to 1 each agst Wandering Min strel and Farce. Oscar, with Guerilla and Wandering Minstrel on his left, was the first away, and came on with the running, followed by Magnum Bonurn, Asteroid, Outlaw, and Odine, the others lying wide en their right, being headed by Actaeon, Fantail, Farce, and Echo to halt-way across the flat, where Magnum Bonurn took second place, and followed Oscar to the turn of the lands, where the two were beaten, leaving Guerilla with a clear lead, followed by Lord Wilton's colt, Actman, Farce, and Asteroid, the latter looking as well as anything as they came up the hill. On reaching the site City Sewers Commission, of the Old Duke's Stand the weight told upon the latter and he dropped back, Outlaw taking his place in attend ance upon the leaders to half way on the rails, when the two leaders singled themselves out and finished the race home, the favourite winning in a canter by three lengths, twice that distance separating the second and third ; Actmon was a bad fourth, Echo fifth, and Farce sixth; then came Magnum Bonum and Asteroid, Fantail, the Bay Celia filly, and Oscar last. On returning to scale Herbert, the rider of Wandering Minstrel, made a corn plaint against the rider of Guerilla on the ground of a cross, when, after hearing evidence there by the stewards, the objection was overruled. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 6to I agst Scottish Chief 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan 14 to 1 agst Coast Guard 15 to 1 agat Paris 15 to 1 agst Birchbroona 22 to 1 agst Prince Arthur 1000 to 15 agat King John 1000 to 10 agst Privateer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Planet (taken) 1000 to 6 agat Veterinarian MIDNIGHT BETTING. THE TWO THOUSAND GUTNEA STAKES; 5 to 2 agst Fillo do I'Air Bto 1 agst Paris 20 to 1 agst Master Richard 25 to 1 agst Durham DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Scottish Chief 14 to 1 agst Coastguard 16 to 1 agst Cambuscau 20 to 1 agst Forager 25 to 1 agst Paris University College Hospital. The anniversary festival of the North London or Uni versity College Hospital, one of the most deserving and useful of our great metropolitan institutions, was celebrated last evening at Willis's Rooms; King-street, St. James's, under the distinguished presidency of Mr Charles Dickens, supported by Mr John Forster, Dr, Roget, Mr A. W. Jaffrey, Mr R.N. Fowler,tMr W. Fowler, Mr Enfield, Mr Bischoff, Mr Julian Goldsmid, Mr Jas. Heywood, Professor Masson, Mr Shirley Brooks, Mr Henry Kingsley, Mr Tom Hughes, Mr Macmillan, and about a hundred other guests. In order to exhibit the high claims which the University College Hospital has upon the bounty of the benevolent, we may briefly state that upwards of 1 ; 200 patients are annually admitted into the hospital, 6,000 every year re ceive medical and surgical treatment as out-patients, nearly 9,000 are attended to as casualties, relief is administered in 1,600 ophthalmic cases, and 85d women in childbirth are attended at their own habitations. The annual cost of maintaining the hospital in its present state is £6,500. The annual subscriptions do not amount to £l,lOO, the students' fees for clinical instruction, relinquished by the medical staff for the purposes of the charity, average £1,200, and the interest of investments amount to £320, making a total of £2,620, and leaving a yearly deficit of nearly £l,OOO to be provided for. The debt now amounts to £6,741 (including a loan of £3,000), and there is no hope of diminishing that debt unless the committee receive spe cial assistance. During the past year extraordinary efforts were made to relieve the hospital from its floating debt. Nearly £3,300 was collected at the dinner last June, when Lord Brougham presided ; and the total amount of dona tions during the year was £5,600, among the contributors being the Queen and Princeeaf Wales, who has accepted the office of vice-patron. The hopes entertained by the commit tee when the nursery of the hospital was entrusted to the Lady Superior and Sisters of All Saints' Home have been completely realised. By their kind care and able treatment the comfort of the patients is increased and their recovery hastened. The usual loyal toasts having been eloquently proposed and heartily responded to, the chairman, in giving " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," coupled with it the name of Lieut,-Col. Tom Hughes (of school-boy days' fame), who, in responDig, ac knowledged the great assistance which had been rendered i,.7 the University College to the regiment. the 19th Middlesex, 01' 'Working Men's, which he had the honour to command, The CHAIRMAN, next proceedet to give the toast of the evening, " Success to the London Unice:B4 Hospital," He observed that his first remembrance of a pertain spot in nor th-western London, and which he had reaso.7s for re collecting, was of a very uninviting piece of wet gound, and a miserable pool of water. It was encumbered wish rubbish, and looked like a barbarous place of execution, with its poles and cross poles erected for beating carpets, and the ground itself was covered with nettles and dock weeds. Associated with this place was a story, captivating enough to his boyish imagination, concerning the field of forty footsteps, so called, so far as he remembered, and he remembered it very distinctly, because of a duel that was traditionally supposed to have been fought upon a part of this rank place. 'While they were retreating and advanc ing. each with intent to wound the other, the tradition was that the grass got trodden down with forty dreadful foot steps on which it never afterwards grew. He remembered going there, accompanied by an equally adventurous young Englishman about his own age, which was then something like eleven years, with whom he had made arrangements to seek their fortunes on the Spanish Main when they should have accumulated a certain sum of money, somewhere, he thought, about 405., and obtained a rifle each, which they never did. (Laughter.) He proceeded, in the company of this young pirate, to inspect this dismal piece of ground, and he well remembered counting 40 places on which the grass undoubtedly did not grow, though whether it grew anywhere for a couple of feet without a bald patch he collet: not, at this distance of time, undertake to say. This field of the 40 footsteps was close to the site on which was afterwards built University College, and which formed part of the open space of ground allotted to the students of University Col lege Hospital. Looking over the papers of this association, he found, oddly enough, that this field of forty footsteps had become the field of four hundred and forty odd thousand footsteps, for that number of brethren might be said to have taken refuge in this hospital since its first establishment 30 years ago, and the place in regard to which this unnatural story is still traditional was become a place for the restora tion of all those, their brethren, to life, enjoyment, industry, and civilisation. (Cheers.) The present company knew far better than he did the claims which this hospital had upon the public. He would go so far as to say that it had a claim upon the generosity of all England. Its annual ex penditure was £6,500, and he regretted to say that its income was not nearly one halt' the money. Moreever, a full moiety of that income was derived from the generosity of its own medical staff, who, with a liberality which was most praise worthy to themselves, and gratifying to all who heard of it, devoted the whole of the fees derived from the clinical in struction of pupils to the support of the hospital. (Cheers ) At the present moment, however, the institution required at least £l,OOO a year more to supply the deficiency created by its :^rge expenditure over income, and it was manifest that unless gre: t exerti o ns were made it would be impossible to irity. The institution had these peculiar continue the cue for support. First, it had a claim claims upon the pubil upon the richer inhabitant: of the north-western district, in which it was situate ; being nehi leally the hospital to which all persons in their employment won ,, . of be sent in the ease of accident or disease. Next, it had a claim:ue on the whole cou ntry for the improved medical education which it diffused t h roug hout every part of the kingdom ; and, thirdly, it re presented the largest and most liberal views in reference 1:0 religious matters, no persons being excluded on account of their religion. As a proof of this he might mention that wealthy Parsecs had sent their sons to this hospital to com plete their medical education, and had thus been the means of alleviating the sufferings of humanity by the spread of medical knowledge oven in the remotest regions of the far East. In conclusion he called upon them all to support so truly excellent and useful an institution. (Hear, hear.) The health of the Chairman was afterwards proposed in eloquent terms by Mr MIESIIILL, and Mr SIIIRLET Buoous proposed the health of the President and the other officers of the institution. In the course of the evening subscriptions and donations to the amount of £1,500 were announced. The musical arrangements, which were under the direction of Mr W. Ganz, and included the efficient service of Mdlle. Enequist, Miss Stabbach, Mr M, Smith, and Mr Adlington Wall worth, gave general satisfaction. MURDER OF A FEMALE,—On Sanday morning last, a woman living at Westerham, a small town in Kent, was found dead, and from the appearances which the body presented there is no doubt that death was the re sult of violence. The deceased was Bridget Goodsall, be tween 40 and 50 years of age, who occupied a room in the town, and who, since the death of her husband, about two months ago, has led a rather dissipated life. It appears that Aaron Langridge was passing down Water-lane, which is close to the town, and is a bye lane but little frequented, when he saw the body of the deceased lying in the road near to a Mr. Whitmore's house. He at once obtained the assistance of Mr. Rathill, surgeon, but the un fortunate woman was quite dead and cold, and it was evi dent, from the slight examination that was made, that she had been most brutally used. Information was sent to the police, and James Bachelor, a brickmaker, residing near the Surrey breeches, and Richard Miles, labourer, living on Limpsfield-common, both young men about 20 years of age, were apprehended. The evidence briefly against the prisonerswere that they had been drinking with the mur dered woman at the General Wolfe publichouse on Satur day night, and left there at 12 o'clock, but they were all three afterwards seen going towards the town in the direc tion of Water-lane. Shortly before 1 o'clock Ann Clout, servant to Mr Whitmore, heard screams near the house (close to which the body was found), and the words " I have done nothing—l have done nothing," upon which she got up and struck a light, but afterwards hearing footsteps of some one running away, and there being no more noise she retired. When the prisoners wore apprehended they gave contradictory statements as to where they had parted with the unfortunate woman, ono of them having stated that he had left her near where the body was found, and admitted the purpose for which he had accompanied her. A meeting of tile Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London was held at Guildhall yesterday, under the presi dency of Deputy Do Jersey. Among those present were — Deputy Scamell, D e p u •ty Cork, Deputy Read, Deputy Lor kin, Deputy Unwin, D el , , uty Bone, Deputy Perkins ; Messrs George Walter, Matthew, Cnoucher, Cox, Cole, - Botterill, Chaplin, Dodswell, Israel, Ht. ughten, Green, liobsen, T. Young, Banning, Niro!, Sze. Mr A. J. BAYLIS, the solicitor to the commission, re ported that on the Bth April he attended at the Guildhall Police-court, and procured the condOmn,ltion, as unfit for human food, of a quantity of diseased meat, which bad been seized that morning in Newgate markt t. The meat in question, which consisted of four quarters of a cow and a tongue, was in a very bad state indeed, at od it was evident that the animals had been suffering from •disease for some time. The meat was inspected by Alderma.n Phillips, who ordered it to be destroyed, and he directed that the case should be referred to the Commissioners of Sewers, with a view of proceedings being taken against the sender. The solicitor now asked the Court to instruct him to make the necessary preliminary inquiries into the matter, and, if necessary, to te.ke out a summons against the person or per sons who sent the meat to the London ,marl - et. The Court at once instructed the solicitor to take the necessary steps to bring the guilty parties to justice. The principal clerk, Mr JOSEPH Dew, rea 3 a communi• cation he had received from the vestry clerk of Whitechapel parish, in reference to the East London Railway, which it is proposed shall pass over High-street, Aldgate, near the boundary betweet the parishes of Aldgate and White chapel. The co-op oration of the Corporation of Lo ndon was asked for in order' that injury might not be done to the parish by the constructiOn of an ugly bridge, and pre vent it being covered with bih and placards after it has been erected. The matter was referred to the Improvement Committee to consider and report. Dr LETHEBY presented the usual weekly report on the sanatory condition of the City. The medical officer further reporkxl that the illumine ting power of the gas supplied to the City during the past week had in each case been above the requiL-ements of the act; but the properties of sulphur had in the cave of the Chartered and Great Central Companies been above the quantity sanc tioned by Parliament. After disposing of some further business the Commis" sioners adjourned. Attempted Murder at Worcester.---A Police man Shot, WORCESTER, Tutmday, 2 p.m. The inhabitants of this city were startled this morning by a report that Police-sergeant Drew, of the city force, had been shot while in the execution of his duty.. It appears that a young man named Walter Jones, the son of Mr. Jones, surgeon, of the College-yard. ent tired the shop of Mr. H. Perrin, gunsmith, of this city, and stole 6 , six-chambered revolver, with case, &c., complete, and made off, pursued by the owner, but Jones succeeded in effec ting his escape. This was between eight and nine o'cloCk• Jones then appears to have made his way to Pitchcroft, large ham by the side of the river Severn, and to have loaded the revolver with six bullets from the case. While roaming' adout the fields near to the waterworks, he interrogated a girl named Emma Ball, and invited her to take a walk with hire• The girl refused, whereupon Jones drew the revolver iron:11 10 pocket, and deliberately shot her through the hand. The girl's cries for help brought several persons to the spot, and they pursued the would-be assassin across the haul. Police-sergeant Drew lives in the neighbourhood, and Nag standing in his garden. He gave chase, and caught Jones in an entry in Moir-street, just by the ham, and was in the act of taking the prisoner to his (Drew's) house when Jones presented the revolver at his head and shot him through the right cheek. The ball entered the cheek, carried away a portion of the jaw and several teeth, and than struck the wall on the opposite side of the street. Dreg staggered and fell, and the assassin continued his flights threatening to shoot every ono who followed him, but even' tually he was eaptured by Superintendent Phillips, of the county police, and handed over to the city authorities• Drew and the girl were attended by several medical may and Drew's injuries were found to be serious, and most likely he will not recover. At midday the prisoner was taken before the city magie trates, when the evidence of a girl named Tweedie,who self the policeman shot, was taken, and Jones was then re manded for a week. No cause has been assigned by him for shooting the girls and it is believed by many that his intellect is impaired. Il e is in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company M their works at Shrub-hill as an engine fitter. COUNTRY MARKETS. ---------,l'-.,.-- LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance of millers today, and th° show of wheat was not great, but quite enough to suPPli the small wants of our millers, which they were able to do at rather lower rates. Barley firm. Oats and bcans.ma(la late rates. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 44s ; red, 37s to 42s per 36 ston e. Malting barley at 32s to 36s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to '2l per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to 235; new, 21s to 23s per a st. ; beans, 35s to 425, per qr. LIVE RP L —TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance both of town and country dealers at market to-day, but wheat met with a slow aur a at ld per cental decline on winter qualities. The den e° for flour rather improved, but there was no alteration foi l the prices of last Friday. Oats and oatmeal a dull sale, if' late quotations. Barley, beans, and peas in moderato sa Indian corn difficult to sell at 6d less money. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. host Our market to-day was fairly attended, and the s of wheat and other grain was about an average. Bus ines was more active, and the price of wheat hrd a slight 1.1 P: ward tendency. Other articles were firm at the same,rate' as last week. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 15s Od to 16s I f f Oa 9 1 White l7s Od to 18' pd New red , lss Od to 1 6 , ° 0 3 New white ~ 9 9 _ l7 sOd to lb a oj ), Beans l ss Gd t o 17s a lf Peas, per qr. Grinding barley, per qr 29s Od to 30 ,.„ 5 04 Malting ditto, „ 32s Od to ina 9 9 Oats .. l9s Od to .215 Flour, is 4d to la 8d per 14 lb. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. heAt' The following were the currencies :—New white w— , c ; 43s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 36s Od to 42 s per 36 st° ; beans, 40s to 42s for old; new sorts, 34s to 3 7s per 38 'for barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 30s per cir,' grinding; new oats, 19s to sOd per 24 stone; 01°, to 28s. Foreign. Mail Packet List. MAILS;„D 11E. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . APit via Marseille% Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British pacßet. DI al 20. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aral IS. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton APr!, 1;?. via Marseilles Apo' Falkland Islands I l b Gibraltar, via Southampton .. ,s, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton AP-ril ; 0. via Marseilles APT" , 1., il'.' India (Bombay), via Southampton April '4' via Marseilles .. 4, Portugal.... Malta, .Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ap ril V. via Marseilles Apri ,s, Newfoundland ...April ' Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 131 by U.S. packet.... ~ s, by Canadian packet.Apfli 10, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe A prl b, Bahamas, via New York .. .. I+,l 119 2 ,,g, A pril M ex i co All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i April California. and British Columbia. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The National St e , Bl „1 Navigation Company's steamship Pennsylvan ia sail( noon to-day for New York (calling at Queenstown. fo r 'l s ' spatches), with her full complement of c ar g o and 1- Bangers. ____------_-- Births. Gas' BATLY.—On the lCth inst., at the Royal Laboratorh port, the wife of Captain Bayly, of a son. Wife of f r• Bouvrox.—On the 11th inst., at Surbiton , the Ica Boulton, Esq , of a son. W o . A tet EILYSS.—On the 12th inst., at 6 . Buckinglisca.PoA S.W., the widow of J. Hay ErskineWe La y s s, of VO P' '' and Torrie, N,8., of a son. Marriages. i4/0 1- JAMES—DENT.—On the 9th inst , at Bolam Chtir°l3,l4.i thamberland, William James, Esq., 42d Bol.'" Oita landers, to Ellen, eldest daughter W. D• - Esq., of Shortfiatt Tower. eS , G e orf .at , WILFORD—BEDDALL.--On the 9th inst., at St. Hanover-square, Cornelius Walford, sq., ba rris i t , e ter of law, of Little. park, Enfield, to EiiZ3, eldest daughter Thomas Beddall, Esq., of Finchiugfield, Essex. Deaths. Willl BETTELL.—On the 11th inst. at Old Kent-road, .O a ._ g it ed oi 7 . o — . Bettell, Esq., late of the L,',gacy Oftic,Sorcierset-110' ' On the 9th inst., at Reading, CON - widow of the late Sir John Conroy, Bart. VW ill DR ' LMMOND —On the 10th inst at Edarinsford, od, Fortesoue, second son of Sir James Williams Drumm aged six. oil Ilse) lV4ltt°llft Lady CouroY, tile LONG.—On the 9th inst., at The ChiPPing under-Edge, Paul Long, Esq, aged 46. i MAGENIS.—On the 11th inst., at ' 13, Grosvenor-1910e, It. Magenis, Esq., aged 47. STANHOPE.— On the 11th inst., at 16, Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, aged 71. SIMPSON.—On the 11th inst., at S nd gr. ile llll 00, tra 9 Simpson, aged 51 --......1. Wins -place, tbe London: Prirized anti Prlqlslted A Nl93lri :l; of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TnE Surf Office No. j Strand, in the Precinct of t ho n the Co 041." Mi 14108 ex —Wednesday, Arril 13, 1864, -41